What is your favourite invention?

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#2947255 28-Jul-2022 10:46

Mechanical clocks ( and early navigational degrees ces such as sextant.)

Also soft spot for early industrial revolution steam engines

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#2947303 28-Jul-2022 11:36

Microfiber and Fleece as in bathrobes and blankets, to socks and cleaning cloths. Fast drying and very cosy.

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#2947322 28-Jul-2022 12:12

Eva888: Microfiber and Fleece as in bathrobes and blankets, to socks and cleaning cloths. Fast drying and very cosy.

My wife can’t stand to touch microfibre cloths. So it’s always fun to leave them on her car seat, keyboard and other unexpected locations 😁😇

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#2947332 28-Jul-2022 12:34

Electric power.

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#2947381 28-Jul-2022 12:39

The Hammer - Fixes almost everything.

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#2947382 28-Jul-2022 12:41

The discovery of the use of binary to set/detect a state and the invention of the diode.

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#2947397 28-Jul-2022 13:45

Eva888: Microfiber and Fleece as in bathrobes and blankets, to socks and cleaning cloths. Fast drying and very cosy.

Maybe not quite an invention, but I must also share this particular fleece jacket Mr E lives in constantly and that I have bought for gifts for over three years and it has been equally loved by all recipients. It’s sherpa fused to microfleece.

It’s thick, light and warm. Found the sizing was generous, he is usually XL so went down one size. Bought another today. FYI Large (L) is 65cm underarm to underarm (per his old one and waiting to confirm sizing is still the same).

https://www.mavericks.nz/3js_shepherd_jacket

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#2947398 28-Jul-2022 13:49

Silicone in all its many forms. From kitchenware to mats to the stuff in tubes. What a miracle material it is.

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#2948033 29-Jul-2022 17:06

Sliced bread.

People always say something's "the best thing since sliced bread" but they're wrong every time.

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#2948035 29-Jul-2022 17:11

Dratsab:Sliced bread. People always say something's "the best thing since sliced bread" but they're wrong every time.

Was wondering how long before it appeared here. 🤣

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#2948036 29-Jul-2022 17:17

msukiwi:

Dratsab:Sliced bread. People always say something's "the best thing since sliced bread" but they're wrong every time.

Was wondering how long before it appeared here. 🤣

I'm surprised it wasn't in the first few answers!

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#2948040 29-Jul-2022 17:39

The Knife (To slice the bread)!

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#2948045 29-Jul-2022 17:53

The smart phone , closely followed by Search Engines.

If you'd told me back in the 80's I could do my banking, send photos and videos for free, watch TV and live events , take a photo and video..... all on one device that fitted in my pocket I wouldn't have believed it possible in my life time. That was Star Trek !

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#2948082 29-Jul-2022 21:09

The telephone.

The idea that you can enter a sequence of numbers and get one single handset anywhere on Earth to ring and then be able to speak to someone is a marvel greatly taken for granted.

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#2948085 29-Jul-2022 21:11

Eva888: Silicone in all its many forms. From kitchenware to mats to the stuff in tubes. What a miracle material it is.

Certainly in some forms…! 😁

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